Sadly, there were seven student suicides at Columbia between September and the end of January. Maybe the perpetual mood of fear and the quest for “safe spaces” being pushed by the professors has something to do with it.

Quote:Professors at Columbia University want space to discuss their “distress” over Donald Trump’s election, saying they don’t know anyone who isn’t “chronically and deeply” upset by the result.

In a letter to Columbia President Lee Bollinger, professors Robert Pollack and Letty Moss-Salentijn, the co-chairs of the Columbia Faculty Affairs Committee, say Trump’s election has cast a “malaise that sits like a fog over Columbia” that not even George Orwell’s classic 1984 can adequately address.

“We know no one at Columbia who is not upset, chronically and deeply, since the election,” declare Pollack and Moss-Salentijn, who even go so far as to blame the result for recent student suicides.

“We know this is true of the administration, and your letter certainly embodies this distress,” they continue, referring to Bollinger’s statement responding to Trump’s executive order on immigration. “We know it is true of our students, and the cluster of suicides this month can have no other meaning.”

“But what of ourselves, and what of our colleagues; that is, what of the faculty?” the professors query piteously. “So, Mr. President, we are asking you how we, the faculty, may embody what the university values, with a sense of full obligation and with the assurance of full recognition.”

Specifically, they want Columbia to provide links on its website to “all sites that serve the purpose of protecting and sustaining our freedoms,” which apparently includes information on getting the government to help pay student loan debt in exchange for public service.

In addition, the letter demands that the school provide physical spaces for faculty members to engage in “difficult conversations” about their “fears,” suggesting “some of the most visible public spaces on campus” so that the conversations can take place “in the presence of the rest of the university community.”

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8837

Liberal policies hurt the young worse than anyone else. They deprive young people of job opportunities, drive up the cost of health care, needlessly increase the price of housing, and saddle the young with trillions of dollars in debt.

And yet the election of Orange Jebus pushes them over the edge? I'm going with "Your data does not support your conclusion, Herr Professor."

So, these Liberals who espouse Darwins Law proved him right. The law of the fittest. They were just not strong enough. Sad.

Thre's no way they can equate suicides prior to election day on Trump. After all, everyone said Hillary had a 99% chance of winning.

(03-01-2017 04:29 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Thre's no way they can equate suicides prior to election day on Trump. After all, everyone said Hillary had a 99% chance of winning.

Brilliant, so she was to blame. I don't blame them. LOL

Sounds like Columbia needs smarter students or more qualified professors.

(03-01-2017 04:33 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Sounds like Columbia needs smarter students or more qualified professors.

Abortion, mean words, suicide, white privilege, drugs, Twitter and crushing student debt are facts of daily life to the modern liberal. No wonder they're depressed.

(Only four of those things are really terrible to normal people.)

(03-01-2017 04:37 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 04:33 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Sounds like Columbia needs smarter students or more qualified professors.

Abortion, mean words, suicide, white privilege, drugs, Twitter and crushing student debt are facts of daily life to the modern liberal. No wonder they're depressed.

(Only four of those things are really terrible to normal people.)

They also get attention for it and if their suicide makes it to the media, they know that the media will point fingers at others, usually a "bully", not Trump. I expect the suicides will continue to grow at a faster clip.

My dad got an orange for Christmas one year.

There are people who literally cannot move a muscle without assistance.

A family friend has lost two children.

My uncle spent 2 years with Germans shooting at him.

What exactly is the great tragedy at Columbia that is so inendurable?

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Someone probably told them they couldn't go to the bathroom of their choice.

I thought smart people went to and taught at Columbia.

(03-01-2017 05:01 PM)Hood-rich Wrote:  I thought smart people went to and taught at Columbia.

My brother went there. That's not true. Believe me.

(03-01-2017 04:42 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 04:37 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 04:33 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Sounds like Columbia needs smarter students or more qualified professors.

Abortion, mean words, suicide, white privilege, drugs, Twitter and crushing student debt are facts of daily life to the modern liberal. No wonder they're depressed.

(Only four of those things are really terrible to normal people.)

They also get attention for it and if their suicide makes it to the media, they know that the media will point fingers at others, usually a "bully", not Trump. I expect the suicides will continue to grow at a faster clip.

And they don't compare it to a typical year. Sloppy research by the faculty.

If they would grow up and not throw temper tantrums over losing, maybe their students would follow their lead. So you can blame the professors.